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Otago Witness, Issue 1958, 30 May 1889, Page 10

XMPROVED FLAX- DRBBSBR NO BLEACHING OR WASHING, SOXTTOH 24 HOURS AfITER STRJPPINO.

The Premier Flax Dresser, recently pt» tented bj Messrs Davidson and Gough, wl have a greater influence on the future of fchi ; flax industry than any discovery yet madt This machine entirely denudes the fibre 0! its' green fleshy coating, and' without breaking the strands expresses the gam and cleasi both sides of the blade at one operation. Id construction is exceedingly simple, and cod* tists of two feed rollers, which seise the ita|! and pass it on to tho two revolving dromi, which in turn transfer the fibrt to a travelling canvas table. , clean ud 1 ready for scutching within 2i how I without washing or bleaching of any kind \ In consequence of the abserioe of brokffl strands a ton of fibre is secured from aboit half to one ton less green flax than conldbe obtained under any of the systems'previoujlj employed. The flax' passes once only through the "Premier," and thus yield* » higher percentage of fibre, with lees' tcf, j the capacity of this machine* being about double that of any other in use, wheifo 01 course, the blade has to be cleaned one m j at a time and passed twice through th» beaters, with its consequent proportion 0! 1 broken and tangled strands. | The absence of any washing or blcaoblfli? process, and the great saving of time and j i labour, are very important considerations to I mlllowners at all times, and especially W ; those who are subject to short or tot* I mifctent water supplies. j h As i 0 the comparative value of 'fi brl ; dressed by this machine, the following I 'statements by experts whose names 'W \ addresses are given will bear out what U j claimed by the inventors and admitted of those who have seen the machine in op#*" 1 tion:— . If. Donaghy and Co.; Otago Ste»J Rope Works, say : " Tho fibre we »J put through your machin* to -d»7 w nearly equal to Maori hand-dressed. »• would give for ifc, fresh throng* W dresser, a higher price than for the f W* fibre dressed and scutohed in the ordmW ; way; and if properly scutched after paMWj [through the Premier, would pay £6p««* more for it than if dressed and scotched » the ordinary way." _^ Mr Ben Hale, of the Canterbury W j Works, called a few days ago and saw son» . flax passed through an unfinished " Premie', j which he stated to be the best work he evej ; saw. Flax green and dried, of all leng^J and sizee, were passed through under n supervision, and the fibre in each case cam. , out in perfect condition, free from gum vready for scutching within 24 houri. The machine requires to be dnren »» •pe«d of 600 revolutions per minute,- » take* only one-horse power. . . fh| Sample, of •• flax passed to^u! -*« Premier," unsoutched and scutched, wiwg 24 hpurg, .without washing or bleaobiogi « bd >on view- at the office of ■ ' ,; PEROIVAL BROS., ' . A,M.K, J BUILDIKQS^PBiNPKB SfBBET, Or afc fche wbrks of!fch^;nmuf^ctflrew, N.Z. ENGINEERING to IMPLEMENT Uh Castle btbubt, Duhbdih*